Prodi’s Faull guy is set for justice post

He’s due to take over as the institution’s director-general for justice and home affairs in the near future (the date hasn’t yet been finalised). Tall Finn Reijo Kemppinen, currently the Commission’s deputy spokesman and spin doctor-in-chief to Romano Prodi, is due to be promoted to chief spokesman.

A former journalist, Kemppinen was press officer for Finland’s Perm Rep during the country’s EU presidency in 1999.

There is something splendidly parochial about the state-aid investigation launched last week by the European Commission’s competition department into JC Decaux, a French advertising company. The question …